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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11582
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14807
13 Actual Demand 11275
14 Aggregate Planning 12317
15 Air Cargo 10196
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6727
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34975
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15391
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19396
20 Assembly Line 22707
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23096
22 Average Speed of Answer 26635
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23298
24 Batch Production 38623
25 Bill Discounting 14665
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11346
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7229
28 Blanket Release 10113
29 Bonded Warehouse 10145
30 Booking Number 13939
31 Bottleneck 9638
32 Buffer Stock 59543
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9781
35 Business Logistics 25934
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12654
37 Capacity Management 40915
38 Capacity Utilization 14222
39 Capital Intensive 8532
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8872
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12228
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9388
45 Co-managed Inventory 12660
46 Co-Packers 11861
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6969
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19946
50 Container Depot 10682
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19658
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12166
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11496
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15357
59 CPFR 8297
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11891
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44385
62 Date Code 18405
63 Days of Supply 19955
64 Dead on Arrival 9436
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7383
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8994
68 Devanning 14302
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11060
70 Dispatching 24705
71 Distributed Inventory 8434
72 Distribution Channel Management 35022
73 Distribution Metrics 9255
74 Distribution Planning 24316
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15350
76 Double Marginalization 52922
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22501
78 Dual 5494
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26331
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38374
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50015
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7692
84 Efficient Frontier 25639
85 Engineer-to-Order 31899
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16686
87 Erlang B Formula 9426
88 ETD 8405
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13612
91 Exponential smoothing 9900
92 External Growth 10176
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9603
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10800
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8899
97 Fishbone Diagram 14704
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27230
99 Flow Through Distribution 12417
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8275
101 FOB Destination 13156
102 Forward buying 30345
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7597
105 Gantt Chart 8351
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11840
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29707
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12785
109 Hub 23567
110 Idle Time 8145
 
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